Here’s a small but perfectly formed guide to a big artist in under a minute.
Claude Monet, that’s Monet, not money. French painter born in 1840, a founder of Impressionism.
Impressionism is a style where artists try to capture feeling instead of detail.
Monet painted outside, or as he called it, ‘en plein air’, which is not so much fun when the weather’s bad.
Monet loved painting the same scene at different times of day to capture how the light changed. Nature’s own filter, unlike this one.
He also made over 250 paintings of water lilies inspired by his garden in Giverny.
Oi, Claude, stop spying on us!
And he painted nearly 100 pieces featuring the River Thames. It is a long river to be fair.
Claude Monet completed.
Well, he certainly made an impression.
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Claude Monet was a French painter born in 1840. He was a founder of Impressionism, a style where artists try to capture feeling instead of detail. Monet painted outside, or as he called it ‘en plein air’, which is not so much fun when the weather’s bad. Monet loved painting the same scene at different times of day to capture how the light changed. He also made over 250 paintings of water inspired by his garden in Giverny.
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